Rachel Carlson

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Emily Kwong |Rachel Carlson |Rebecca Ramirez

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has written extensively about the topic, from medical textbooks to personal memoirs. In fact, Jamison penned one of the first memoirs ever written by a medical doctor living with bipolar,An Unquiet Mind.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Emily Kwong |Rachel Carlson |Rebecca Ramirez

2 hours agoA young ornithologist has warned that a mosquito-born disease linked to a sharp decline in blackbird populations is "a taste of what's to come". Mya-Rose Craig, from the Chew Valley in Somerset, said the spread of the Usutu virus is proof British wildlife is struggling "in a way people don't …

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Regina G. Barber |Kimberly McCoy |Rachel Carlson |Rebecca Ramirez

Why this physicist says we shouldn't write off wormholes Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1252360718/1269327926" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> According to physicist Ron Gamble, there is a non-zero chance that scientists could find a wormhole.

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Regina G. Barber |Juana Summers |Elena Burnett |Rachel Carlson

The DNA secret behind orange cats Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1251782103/1269319379" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Approximately 80% of orange cats are male. But why? Rebecca Ramirez/NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Ramirez/NPR Approximately 80% of orange cats are male. But why?

3 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Emily Kwong |Rachel Carlson |Kimberly McCoy

There are over 1400 species of bats found around the world. And the way they navigate is hugely varied. The vast majority are using, as you might expect, echolocation. That's where an animal uses reflected sound to navigate. But echolocation is not the only sense that they use. When it comes time to find and hunt their prey, bats will use their eyes. Some rely heavily on smell. And some have evolved the ability to eavesdrop on their future meals.